Vegetable-slicer



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VEGETABLEv SLIGER.

Patented June 19, 1894.

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NAROISSE HENEAULT AND THERESIA HENEAULT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VEGETABLE-SLICER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,540, dated June 19,1894. Application filed February 19, 1894. Serial No. 500.70% (llomodel.)

To all? whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that we, NAROISSE HENEAULT and THERESIA HENEAULT, citizensof the United States, and residents of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Vegetable-Slicers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a device for slicingvegetables, such as potatoes, cabbage-heads, onions, turnips, and thelike, and While it is more especially adapted for such a purpose, yet itcan be used for slicing apples and other fruits, or may be used forchipping dried-beef or other dried meats; and it consists in certainpeculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and operation ofthe various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forthand specifically claimed.

The objects of our invention are first, to provide a slicer, which shallbe simple and inexpensive in construction, effective in operation,strong and durable; and second, such a device, in which the vegetables,fruit, or other material to be sliced may be fed to the knives, in sucha manner, as to prevent'the danger of cutting the hands of the operator.

Still another object of our invention, is to combine in one implement, areceptacle for the vegetables or fruit, before and while they are beingsliced and another compartment to receive them after being out, fromwhich latter compartment they can bereadily removed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our inventionpertains to make and use the same, We will now proceed to describe it,referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is aperspective view of our slicer, as it appears when ready for use,showing a portion of the'feed-plunger, broken away, in order to exhibitits guide-cleat or bar. Fig.

2, isa plan view of the device, showing a portion of the feed-plungerand handle thereof, broken away to illustrate the position of thecutting-knives. Fig. 3, is a longitudinal sectional view of the entiredevice, showing the knife-carrying-board fore-shortened for theconvenience of illustration, and Fig. 4, is a detail sectional view of aportion of the knives or blades and their board.

tacle A, and to project beyond its ends. One

end of the board B, is formed with a handle b, which is provided with ahole I), to permit of the board being hung up, when not in use.

On the upper part and about the middle of the box A, is a hopper orreceptacle 0, the side pieces a, of which may be a portion of the sidesof the receptacle A, or may be separate-pieces secured thereto, asdesired. The end-pieces c, and c of the hopper extend cross-wise of thebox A, and rest on the upper edges of the sides thereof, thus allowingthe knife-carrying-board to move thereunder. On the inner surfaces ofthe sides 0, are secured upright cleats d, for the guidance of thefeed-plunger or follower E, which plunger is provided with a handle e,extending across the same,land by means of which the plunger is raisedor lowered. The handle e,

and the plunger, is provided on each side with a vertical groove 6', forthe reception and operation of the cleats d, which holds the plunger ina vertical position, and prevents any lateral motion thereof. The sidesc, of the hopper and the end 0, thereof, are provided at their lowerportions with inward bevels 0 while the lower portion of the endpiece 0is provided on its inner surface with a metal-plate 0 which renders thecutting of the vegetables or fruits more effective. The portions of theplunger or follower E, corresponding to the beveled parts 0 of thehopper 0, are likewise beveled, as shown at 6 while the part of theplunger adjacent'to the metal-plate 0 is vertical and fits closely tosaid plate. The board B, is formed at its central portion with anopening b across which is placed and secured obliquely a series ofknives or blades H, which knives are set angularly, as well as obliquelyon the board, in order to effect a shearing cut when drawn forward orpushed by means of the hand.

From the foregoing description it will be seen and understood, that byplacing the vegetables or fruit in the hopper O, and placing thefeedplunger thereon, that the same may be sliced by drawing theknife-carryingboard B, back and forth, and that each one oi the'knivesH, will operate upon the material, and render the operation of slicing aquick and easy matter. As the material is sliced, it will fall from theblades into the receptacle A, and the feed-plunger or follower E, willcontinually keep the vegetables within the hopper pressed against theboard 13, so that the entire contents may be sliced, Without danger ofinjury to the hand of the operator. The beveled part of the lowerportion of the hopper and the feed-plunger, prevents choking of thedevice and facilitates the egress of the material, as is apparent.

In order to facilitate the movement of the knife-carrying board, B, Wefulcrum to one side of the hopper, a lever M, which is connected at itslower end to a rod N, which rod engages at its other end, with a bar at,secured to the knife-carrying-board.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a vegetable-slicer, the combination with the box A, having themortises or guide-way a, for the knife-carrying-board, of the hopper 0,having the guide-cleats d, and beveled portions a the feed-plunger E,having the handle e, and the grooves c, and adapted to opcrate withinthe hopper, the board B, having the opening b and adapted to operatebetween the hopper and box A, and a series of and angularly across theopening therein, all constructed, arranged and operating, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth. N ARCISSE I-IENEAULT. TIIERESIAHENEAUL'I. Witnesses:

CHAS. C. TILLMAN, E. A. DUGGAN.

knives secured to said board and obliquely 4o

